Columbus, Mississippi (9/25/10) A heavily damaged race car and a stout field of competitors could not keep “The Winfield Warrior” Mike Marlar from Winfield, Tennessee from claiming the win in the 21st Annual Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi).
Over 180 entries, including seventy-one Super Late Models, were on hand in four divisions for the annual running of the Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 at “The Baddest Bullring in the South”.
In the Super Late Model division, two-time event Champion, Shane Clanton from Locust Grove, Georgia, started on the front row alongside Four Corners, Mississippi driver, David Breazeale. As the green flag waved Clanton bolted to the lead with Breazeale with Steve Francis, Mike Marlar, Bub McCool, and Billy Moyer in tow.
During the early stages of the event Clanton would maintain the lead, but by lap ten he had caught the back markers as Breazeale and Francis closed in on the leader as the trio navigated heavy lapped traffic. Six laps later the Clanton and Breazeale would begin a heated battle for the lead as Breazeale used a slide job to take the lead exiting turn four on lap sixteen as Marlar followed him to grab second with Clanton slipping to third briefly. Clanton would quickly move back to second and as the field entered turns three and four on the next circuit, Clanton staged his own slide job for the lead, which sent Breazeale into the turn four wall ending his night.
Reverting to the previously completed lap, Marlar was awarded the lead Clanton, Francis, Clint Smith, and Bub McCool making up the balance of the top five. Marlar would maintain a comfortable lead for the next thirteen laps before disaster struck for the leaders as the lap car of Tommy Kerr slammed into the turn four wall collecting Marlar and Clanton, causing damage on the top two cars with Marlar receiving the lion’s share of the body damage. Marlar was reinstated to the lead, but with half of his spoiler missing his chances at winning looked slim.
Despite the heavy damage on his entry, Marlar would stove off a late race charge from Steve Francis and Shane Clanton to claim the $25,010 win. Second place runner, Francis, saw his night end with four laps remaining as his powerplant expired. Clanton went on to finish second with Billy Moyer, Chris Madden (started 21st), Terry English, Rick Rickman, Ethan Hunter, Kyle Beard (started 26th), Dewaine Hottinger (started 24th), and Jesse Stovall rounding out the top ten.
In the $2,500 to win, NeSmith Crate Late Model feature Cliff Williams and Jeremy Shaw started on the front row for the 25 lap feature, and the duo would battle for the lead for much of the feature before Williams edged away late in the race to claim the big win with Shaw, Mike Boland, Eric Cooley, and Chris Ragan completing the top five. Forty-three entries were on hand in the NeSmith Crate Late Model division.
The $1,000 to win, Street Stock division drew a stout field of 46 competitors, and there 20 lap feature would arguably be one of the best races of the weekend as the drivers battled three and four wide around the 1/3 mile, highbanks. Tony Silvestri would power from outside the front row to take the win although it did not come easy as late race pressure from Tracy Pickering, Mike Ladner, and Trey Bright kept the crown on the edge of their seats.
The Open Wheel Modified division would be in action on Saturday night only as a $700 top prize was on the line for a field of twenty-two, Open Wheel Modifieds. After winning their heat races Mike Ladner and Luke Riddle started on the front row for the 20 lap feature. Ladner would jump to the lead at the outset of the race as Riddle slipped back a few spots on the start. Ladner would go on to lead the entire feature with Randy King, Jeff Wells Jr., Blake Koenigsberger, and Mitchell Cauley rounding out the top five.
21st Annual Magnolia State 100
Columbus Speedway (Columbus, MS)
September 25th, 2010
Super Late Models
1- 36 Mike Marlar
2- 25 Shane Clanton
3- 21 Billy Moyer
4- 44 Chris Madden
5- 96 Terry English
6- 86 Rick Rickman
7- 15 Ethan Hunter
8- 86 Kyle Beard
9- 65 Dewaine Hottinger
10- 14 Jesse Stovall
11- 15 Steve Francis
12- 116 Randy Weaver
13- 88 Wendell Wallace
14- 54 Dane Dacus
15- 888 Jason Cliburn
16- 44 Clint Smith
17- 26 Tony Knowles
18- 212 Josh Putnam
19- 57 Bub McCool
20- 4 Tommy Kerr
21- 21 Billy Moyer Jr.
22- D1 David Gentry
23- 54 David Breazeale
24- 00 Freddy Smith
25- 1 Jack Sullivan
26- 4 Brooks Strength
B-Main 1
1. 00 Freddy Smith
2. 4 Tommy Kerr
3. 54 Dane Dacus
4. 88 Jeremy Broadus
5. 1c Chad Thrash
6. 20 Tombo Callahan
7. 86 Kyle Beard
8. 05 Wade Byars
9. 21 Neil Baggett
10. 9 Clint Logan
11. 51 Dean Carpenter
12. 57 Daniel Moore
13. 21 Mickey Trosclar
14. 15 Tim Busha
15. C8 Timothy Culp
16. 59 Michael Womack
B-Main 2
1. 212 Josh Putnam
2. 1 Jack Sullivan
3. 31 Scott Creel
4. K9 Steve Bryan
5. 38 Chase Washington
6. 10 Matthew Turner
7. 88 Hunter Carroll
8. 22 Keith House
9. F36 Cale Finley
10. 5 Klint Byars
11. 68 Brian Rickman
12. 121 Anthony Burroughs
13. 00 Chris Hoomes
14. 88 Joey McKinney
15. 51 Eddie Rickman
16. 12 Chad Winkles
B-Main 3
1. 44 Chris Madden
2. 65 Dewaine Hottinger
3. 70 ½ Anthony Rushing
4. 77 Greg Fore
5. 32 Mark Dodson
6. 10 Leon Henderson
7. 43 Kurt Radojcsics
8. 44 Virgil Taylor
9. 33 Scott Dedwyler
10. 14 April Farmer
11. 3 Tony Shelton
12. F1 Keith Freeman
13. 14 Henry Cooper
14. 7 Jeremy Glasgow
15. 17 Chad Washington
16. 1 Brandon Brown
Last Chance Dash
1. 54 Dane Dacus
2. 86 Kyle Beard
3. K9 Steve Bryan
4. 77 Greg Fore
5. 20 Tombo Callahan
6. 10 Matthew Turner
7. 32 Mark Dodson
8. 88 Hunter Carroll
9. 88 Jeremy Broadus
10. 70 ½ Anthony Rushing
11. 10 Leon Henderson
12. 38 Chase Washington
13. 31 Scott Creel
14. 1 Chad Thrash
15. 43 Kurt Radojcsics
Crate Late Model
1- 44 Cliff Williams
2- 1s Jeremy Shaw
3- 222 Mike Boland
4- 33c Eric Cooley
5- c16 Chris Ragan
6- 96 Tanner English
7- 118 Rodney Wing
8- 77 Dylan Ames
9- 121 Michael Blount
10- 77 Matthew Turner
11- 1 Johnny Virden
12- 711 Al Thomas
13- 5 Shawn Edwards
14- 33 Justin Carter
15- F22 Carlton Freeman
16- 1 Evan Ellis
17- 34 Doug Sanchagrin
18- 95 Wesley Greene
19- F1 Scott Flurry
20- 13 Chad McCool
21- 3 Shay Knight
22- 444 Landon Frith
23- 88 Charlie Henderson
24- 2 Mark Stokes
B-Main 1
1. 5 Shawn Edwards
2. 3 Shay Knight
3. 13 Chad McCool
4. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
5. 26 Tim Knight
6. 42 Kasey Hall
7. J8 Bobby Jordan
8. M50 Allen Simmons
9. 17 Darrell Guess
10. 38 A.C. Parker Jr.
11. 25 Justin McRee
12. 211 Ricky Idom
13. 69 Tony Lawson
B-Main 2
1. F22 Carlton Freeman
2. 95 Wesley Greene
3. 33 Justin Carter
4. 1 Evan Ellis
5. 17 Chad Washington
6. 88 Jason Michau
7. 110 Brent Barrett
8. J88 Jared Smith
9. 4 Kevin Henderson
10. 2 Lee Ray
11. 27 Reed Long
12. 48 Tony Ratcliff
13. 33 Sid Scarbrough
14. 1 Caleb Myers
Street Stocks
1- K24 Tony Silvestri
2- CT74P Tracy Pipkering
3- 33c Mike Ladner
4- 82 Trey Bright
5- XG Wes Gray
6- WFO Jeremy Idom
7- 0 Mike Langford
8- T74 Gary Cooper
9- 119 Rex Michael
10- 91 Billy Tedford
11- 41 Bill Sudduth
12- 10 Rocky Degruy
13- F86 Marty Holtman
14- 8 Bradon Nobles
15- 33 Ricky Dodd
16- M29 Margaret Nobles
17- R1 Jay Burchfield
18- 23 Chet Bond
19- Q32 Quiterio Arevalos
20- 20 Marvin Beard
21- 47 Scott Gable
22- 12 Williams Sykes
23- 1s Jeremy Shaw
24-- 2 onathan Warnicke
B-Main 1
1. 8 Brandon Nobles
2. 10 Rocky Degruy
3. 47 Scott Gable
4. Q32 Quiterio Arevalors
5. 5 Matthew Dillard
6. 7-11 Tommy Nichols
7. 74 Nick Stoop
8. 21 Trent Letson
9. 44 Jonathan Moore
10. 56 Clif Swedenburg
11. 11 Jamie Sudduth
12. K1 Darrel Russell
13. 8 Johnny Kelly
14. 12 Artis Bunyard
15. 88 Bryan Fortner
16. 1 Kevin McWilliams
B-Main 2
1. 41 Bill Sudduth
2. 2 Jonathan Warnicke
3. 12 Williams Sykes
4. 23 Chet Bond
5. 53 James Ware
6. 7 Stephen Evertt
7. 3 Brent Mitchell
8. 18 Bo Robinson
9. 45 Michael Pannell
10. 111 Wayne Medders
11. 3 Larry McCullough
12. 47 Craig Barham
13. 59 Justin Sims
14. 74 Brian Holley
15. 5 Chris Chadwick
16. 10 Danny Jones
Open Wheel Modifieds
1- 3 Mike Lander
2- K1 Randy King
3- 1s Jeff White Jr.
4- 31 Blake Koenigsberger
5- 28 Mitchell Cauley
6- 28 Luke Riddle
7- 99 Brandon Poppenheimer
8- 12 Rusty Duncan
9- 6 Jimmy Halford
10- 77 Randol Harlow
11- 18 Paul Jones
12- 7 Todd Gray
13- CB1 Eric Hughes
14- J1 Anthony Jones
15- 6 Chris Wood
16- 19 Lee Eubanks
17- 5 Michael Halbrook
18- 10 Jason Henry
19- U2 Jerome Shepherd
20- 35 Tony Gray
21- 04 Rodney Etheridge
22- 11 Lakeetha Skinner
Over 180 entries, including seventy-one Super Late Models, were on hand in four divisions for the annual running of the Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 at “The Baddest Bullring in the South”.
In the Super Late Model division, two-time event Champion, Shane Clanton from Locust Grove, Georgia, started on the front row alongside Four Corners, Mississippi driver, David Breazeale. As the green flag waved Clanton bolted to the lead with Breazeale with Steve Francis, Mike Marlar, Bub McCool, and Billy Moyer in tow.
During the early stages of the event Clanton would maintain the lead, but by lap ten he had caught the back markers as Breazeale and Francis closed in on the leader as the trio navigated heavy lapped traffic. Six laps later the Clanton and Breazeale would begin a heated battle for the lead as Breazeale used a slide job to take the lead exiting turn four on lap sixteen as Marlar followed him to grab second with Clanton slipping to third briefly. Clanton would quickly move back to second and as the field entered turns three and four on the next circuit, Clanton staged his own slide job for the lead, which sent Breazeale into the turn four wall ending his night.
Reverting to the previously completed lap, Marlar was awarded the lead Clanton, Francis, Clint Smith, and Bub McCool making up the balance of the top five. Marlar would maintain a comfortable lead for the next thirteen laps before disaster struck for the leaders as the lap car of Tommy Kerr slammed into the turn four wall collecting Marlar and Clanton, causing damage on the top two cars with Marlar receiving the lion’s share of the body damage. Marlar was reinstated to the lead, but with half of his spoiler missing his chances at winning looked slim.
Despite the heavy damage on his entry, Marlar would stove off a late race charge from Steve Francis and Shane Clanton to claim the $25,010 win. Second place runner, Francis, saw his night end with four laps remaining as his powerplant expired. Clanton went on to finish second with Billy Moyer, Chris Madden (started 21st), Terry English, Rick Rickman, Ethan Hunter, Kyle Beard (started 26th), Dewaine Hottinger (started 24th), and Jesse Stovall rounding out the top ten.
In the $2,500 to win, NeSmith Crate Late Model feature Cliff Williams and Jeremy Shaw started on the front row for the 25 lap feature, and the duo would battle for the lead for much of the feature before Williams edged away late in the race to claim the big win with Shaw, Mike Boland, Eric Cooley, and Chris Ragan completing the top five. Forty-three entries were on hand in the NeSmith Crate Late Model division.
The $1,000 to win, Street Stock division drew a stout field of 46 competitors, and there 20 lap feature would arguably be one of the best races of the weekend as the drivers battled three and four wide around the 1/3 mile, highbanks. Tony Silvestri would power from outside the front row to take the win although it did not come easy as late race pressure from Tracy Pickering, Mike Ladner, and Trey Bright kept the crown on the edge of their seats.
The Open Wheel Modified division would be in action on Saturday night only as a $700 top prize was on the line for a field of twenty-two, Open Wheel Modifieds. After winning their heat races Mike Ladner and Luke Riddle started on the front row for the 20 lap feature. Ladner would jump to the lead at the outset of the race as Riddle slipped back a few spots on the start. Ladner would go on to lead the entire feature with Randy King, Jeff Wells Jr., Blake Koenigsberger, and Mitchell Cauley rounding out the top five.
21st Annual Magnolia State 100
Columbus Speedway (Columbus, MS)
September 25th, 2010
Super Late Models
1- 36 Mike Marlar
2- 25 Shane Clanton
3- 21 Billy Moyer
4- 44 Chris Madden
5- 96 Terry English
6- 86 Rick Rickman
7- 15 Ethan Hunter
8- 86 Kyle Beard
9- 65 Dewaine Hottinger
10- 14 Jesse Stovall
11- 15 Steve Francis
12- 116 Randy Weaver
13- 88 Wendell Wallace
14- 54 Dane Dacus
15- 888 Jason Cliburn
16- 44 Clint Smith
17- 26 Tony Knowles
18- 212 Josh Putnam
19- 57 Bub McCool
20- 4 Tommy Kerr
21- 21 Billy Moyer Jr.
22- D1 David Gentry
23- 54 David Breazeale
24- 00 Freddy Smith
25- 1 Jack Sullivan
26- 4 Brooks Strength
B-Main 1
1. 00 Freddy Smith
2. 4 Tommy Kerr
3. 54 Dane Dacus
4. 88 Jeremy Broadus
5. 1c Chad Thrash
6. 20 Tombo Callahan
7. 86 Kyle Beard
8. 05 Wade Byars
9. 21 Neil Baggett
10. 9 Clint Logan
11. 51 Dean Carpenter
12. 57 Daniel Moore
13. 21 Mickey Trosclar
14. 15 Tim Busha
15. C8 Timothy Culp
16. 59 Michael Womack
B-Main 2
1. 212 Josh Putnam
2. 1 Jack Sullivan
3. 31 Scott Creel
4. K9 Steve Bryan
5. 38 Chase Washington
6. 10 Matthew Turner
7. 88 Hunter Carroll
8. 22 Keith House
9. F36 Cale Finley
10. 5 Klint Byars
11. 68 Brian Rickman
12. 121 Anthony Burroughs
13. 00 Chris Hoomes
14. 88 Joey McKinney
15. 51 Eddie Rickman
16. 12 Chad Winkles
B-Main 3
1. 44 Chris Madden
2. 65 Dewaine Hottinger
3. 70 ½ Anthony Rushing
4. 77 Greg Fore
5. 32 Mark Dodson
6. 10 Leon Henderson
7. 43 Kurt Radojcsics
8. 44 Virgil Taylor
9. 33 Scott Dedwyler
10. 14 April Farmer
11. 3 Tony Shelton
12. F1 Keith Freeman
13. 14 Henry Cooper
14. 7 Jeremy Glasgow
15. 17 Chad Washington
16. 1 Brandon Brown
Last Chance Dash
1. 54 Dane Dacus
2. 86 Kyle Beard
3. K9 Steve Bryan
4. 77 Greg Fore
5. 20 Tombo Callahan
6. 10 Matthew Turner
7. 32 Mark Dodson
8. 88 Hunter Carroll
9. 88 Jeremy Broadus
10. 70 ½ Anthony Rushing
11. 10 Leon Henderson
12. 38 Chase Washington
13. 31 Scott Creel
14. 1 Chad Thrash
15. 43 Kurt Radojcsics
Crate Late Model
1- 44 Cliff Williams
2- 1s Jeremy Shaw
3- 222 Mike Boland
4- 33c Eric Cooley
5- c16 Chris Ragan
6- 96 Tanner English
7- 118 Rodney Wing
8- 77 Dylan Ames
9- 121 Michael Blount
10- 77 Matthew Turner
11- 1 Johnny Virden
12- 711 Al Thomas
13- 5 Shawn Edwards
14- 33 Justin Carter
15- F22 Carlton Freeman
16- 1 Evan Ellis
17- 34 Doug Sanchagrin
18- 95 Wesley Greene
19- F1 Scott Flurry
20- 13 Chad McCool
21- 3 Shay Knight
22- 444 Landon Frith
23- 88 Charlie Henderson
24- 2 Mark Stokes
B-Main 1
1. 5 Shawn Edwards
2. 3 Shay Knight
3. 13 Chad McCool
4. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
5. 26 Tim Knight
6. 42 Kasey Hall
7. J8 Bobby Jordan
8. M50 Allen Simmons
9. 17 Darrell Guess
10. 38 A.C. Parker Jr.
11. 25 Justin McRee
12. 211 Ricky Idom
13. 69 Tony Lawson
B-Main 2
1. F22 Carlton Freeman
2. 95 Wesley Greene
3. 33 Justin Carter
4. 1 Evan Ellis
5. 17 Chad Washington
6. 88 Jason Michau
7. 110 Brent Barrett
8. J88 Jared Smith
9. 4 Kevin Henderson
10. 2 Lee Ray
11. 27 Reed Long
12. 48 Tony Ratcliff
13. 33 Sid Scarbrough
14. 1 Caleb Myers
Street Stocks
1- K24 Tony Silvestri
2- CT74P Tracy Pipkering
3- 33c Mike Ladner
4- 82 Trey Bright
5- XG Wes Gray
6- WFO Jeremy Idom
7- 0 Mike Langford
8- T74 Gary Cooper
9- 119 Rex Michael
10- 91 Billy Tedford
11- 41 Bill Sudduth
12- 10 Rocky Degruy
13- F86 Marty Holtman
14- 8 Bradon Nobles
15- 33 Ricky Dodd
16- M29 Margaret Nobles
17- R1 Jay Burchfield
18- 23 Chet Bond
19- Q32 Quiterio Arevalos
20- 20 Marvin Beard
21- 47 Scott Gable
22- 12 Williams Sykes
23- 1s Jeremy Shaw
24-- 2 onathan Warnicke
B-Main 1
1. 8 Brandon Nobles
2. 10 Rocky Degruy
3. 47 Scott Gable
4. Q32 Quiterio Arevalors
5. 5 Matthew Dillard
6. 7-11 Tommy Nichols
7. 74 Nick Stoop
8. 21 Trent Letson
9. 44 Jonathan Moore
10. 56 Clif Swedenburg
11. 11 Jamie Sudduth
12. K1 Darrel Russell
13. 8 Johnny Kelly
14. 12 Artis Bunyard
15. 88 Bryan Fortner
16. 1 Kevin McWilliams
B-Main 2
1. 41 Bill Sudduth
2. 2 Jonathan Warnicke
3. 12 Williams Sykes
4. 23 Chet Bond
5. 53 James Ware
6. 7 Stephen Evertt
7. 3 Brent Mitchell
8. 18 Bo Robinson
9. 45 Michael Pannell
10. 111 Wayne Medders
11. 3 Larry McCullough
12. 47 Craig Barham
13. 59 Justin Sims
14. 74 Brian Holley
15. 5 Chris Chadwick
16. 10 Danny Jones
Open Wheel Modifieds
1- 3 Mike Lander
2- K1 Randy King
3- 1s Jeff White Jr.
4- 31 Blake Koenigsberger
5- 28 Mitchell Cauley
6- 28 Luke Riddle
7- 99 Brandon Poppenheimer
8- 12 Rusty Duncan
9- 6 Jimmy Halford
10- 77 Randol Harlow
11- 18 Paul Jones
12- 7 Todd Gray
13- CB1 Eric Hughes
14- J1 Anthony Jones
15- 6 Chris Wood
16- 19 Lee Eubanks
17- 5 Michael Halbrook
18- 10 Jason Henry
19- U2 Jerome Shepherd
20- 35 Tony Gray
21- 04 Rodney Etheridge
22- 11 Lakeetha Skinner
